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Coronado: Misfortune's Explorer

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the importance of Coronado's expedition through Texas and the trials his men endured during the journey. They view and discuss a map of Coronado's route, the effects of weather on the Great Plains, and Buffalo....
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Folktales

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a Haitian folktale. They study main characters in Haitian folktales and explore multicultural information about Haiti. They clarify understanding by retelling a sentence (paraphrasing) and a passage in their own...
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Women on the Wall: A Vietnam Memorial

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the role of women during the Vietnam War. They conduct Internet research, and create a Chronicle of Women in Vietnam project that could take the form of a journal, PowerPoint presentation, or scrapbook that includes...
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Smile Smarts Oral Health Curriculum

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students are given information on good oral health and tooth protection that is appropriate to their age and lifestyle. They discuss how adult permanent teeth are meant to last the rest of their life. Students are given a copy of "Teeth...
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Semicolons and Colons Exercise

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this semicolons and colons worksheet, students decide whether a semicolon or colon should be placed in ten given sentences. There are only four seasons winter, spring, summer and fall, is one example.
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Airborne & Special Operations Museum- Grade 8

For Students 8th
In this gallery scavenger hunt worksheet students answer 18 questions about the displays in the Airborne & Special Operations Museum.
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ESL First Certificate/Advanced Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 19

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this ESL advanced vocabulary formation worksheet, students fill in the blanks in each sentence using the correct form of the words that are given in bold beneath each sentence.
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Cocoa Around the World

For Students 6th - 9th
In this geography instructional activity, students answer 4 multiple choice questions regarding cocoa production around the world using the map and information boxes.
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There Was An Old Lady...

For Teachers K - 8th
Students participate in various activities using the story There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. In this reading fluency instructional activity, students read the story and then practice comprehension, fluency, and writing. An...
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World War One – Weapons - Crossword

For Students 7th - 12th
In this World War I weapons crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 11 clues to identify the correct words and names that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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California- Gold Fever

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Gold Rush worksheet, students read a one page article with pictures and maps pertaining to the Gold Rush in California in 1949. Students then answer 4 essay questions.
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Oral History

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create oral histories. In this oral history lesson, students prepare for and conduct interviews with Holocaust survivors, liberators, or rescuers. Students study the provided procedure for the interview and present their...
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A Bus Ride to Remember: Reading Comprehension

For Students 6th - 7th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read 4 separate selections and respond to questions regarding each selection.
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President Barack Obama Alphabetical Order Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this online interactive President Obama worksheet, students examine 16 words and names and then write them in alphabetical order on the lines provided. This worksheet may also be printed for classroom use.
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Countries, Food, and Culture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine foods from other countries. In this multicultural lesson plan, students write down names of different restaurants and categorize pictures of foods according to the specific restaurant. For example, Won Ton Soup would be...
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Missing Words: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For Students 7th - 8th
For this missing words worksheet, students fill in the blanks in two passages from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" from the word list given.
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English Worksheets, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Mark Twain worksheet, students fill in 24 blanks in 2 selections from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. They use the words that are shown under each selection which include victory, appointed, conflict, and grotesque.
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Idiom Quizzes

For Students 4th - 5th
In this idioms quiz worksheet, students choose the correct meaning of 16 idioms. For each quiz question, an idiom is given. Students choose from four possible meanings of the provided idiom.
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The Marshall Plan for Rebuilding Western Europe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the aftermath of World War II. In this Marshall Plan lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the plan to rebuild Western Europe and its outcome.  Students respond to discussion...
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U.S. Involvement in Nation-Building Before Iraq

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze U.S. involvement in Iraq. In this foreign policy lesson plan, students listen to their instructor lecture on America's nation-building policies. Students respond to questions pertaining to nation-building...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: National Jelly Bean Day

For Students 6th - 11th
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article about National Jelly Bean Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30...
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Richard Misrach

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students analyze the Great Salt Lake as a resource for artistic work and other studies. In this art analysis lesson, students view maps that show the location of the Great Salt Lake including a satellite image. Students can also study...
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Ilya Bolotowsky Biography

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students decipher the meaning of abstract art using Ilya Bolotwosky art examples. In this art analysis lesson, students complete activities to analyze abstraction art. Students complete criticism and aesthetics activities, color and...
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President Jackson, the Cherokee and Indian Removal

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Indian Removal Act lesson, students examine the act and discuss the implications of moving the Cherokee. Students...